Becoming Terrorists Ourselves

As I watch with interest the events unfolding in Libya, and the actions of the Reagan administration, I'm reminded of the quote, "Do as I say, not as I do."

This seems to reflect the rationale of Mr. Reagan in his justification of the recent bombing of the Libyan coast. On the one hand, Mr. Reagan has gone on about the horrors of terrorism. He has made it clear that no cause is so noble as to justify the indiscriminate killing of innocent men, women and children. The majority of the world community and I support this view and it is for this reason that I find the American attack so incredible.

Mr. Reagan's action does not support this view. Many innocent men, women, and children - known collectively as "collateral damage" - were killed for the noble cause of stopping terrorism. Ask the hysterical Libyan father who pulled his dead 1 1/2 -year-old daughter from the rubble who the terrorist is.

"Oh! Well, he (Khadafy) started it," some will say. Yes, but does that justify what Reagan called the unjustifiable? Sure we hate terrorism and we want to stop it, but let's not do this by becoming terrorists ourselves.